How to build the product your client needs, not wants

Abstract

The best data scientists don't just answer the question they're asked — they figure out the question the client should have asked. Building powerful models and AI products means understanding a client's workflow better than they do, so you can spot the real problem hiding behind the request, not just chase whatever's trendy.

This talk breaks down how to scope projects around outcomes, not buzzwords — and why sometimes the most valuable thing you can hand a client is something they never knew to ask for.

Speaker

Lara Chammas is a Deployment Strategist at Palantir focused on the healthcare sector. Before her work at Palantir she completed a PhD in Health Data Science at the University of Oxford and was a lead on the Surveillance Transformation Project at the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA).